July 30, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Bus commuters lose Bend-La Pine service
• Campaign Calendar
• Crook board cites number of problems in firing its schools chief
• Deschutes woman files $6.65M suit over injected birth control
• Districts deal with new graduation requirements
• Fire in La Pine mobile home
• From the oil fields to you ...
• Hidden treasures
• 3 Madras candidates announce plans
• New tracking program locates people who may need help
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend Fire Runs and Pets
• People On the Move
• Remodeled Sisters fire station will hold open house Saturday
• School supply campaign for kids in need begins
• Science camp creates lots of big reactions
• 15,000 Serbs protest Karadzic’s extradition
• 911 service sees benefits of bond funds
• Settlement gives $1.7M to Oregon families who adopted foster children
• SMART receives donation for programs in Prineville
• Winston residents drop off unwanted pills with police

BUSINESS

• A deal at Merrill Lynch puts the spotlight on others
• Are you the one stealing Hot Pockets? Where are your workplace manners?
• Business Calendar
• Delta raises bag fee
• ESPN to expand extreme sports online
• From the oil fields to you ...
• Hidden treasures
• In tough times, the big day gets a bit smaller
• Jill of all trades
• Kids learn life lessons in raising pigs for the fair
• Mervyns store chain files bankruptcy
• No, it's not a roundabout
• Owner of Bennigan’s files bankruptcy
• People On the Move
• Restaurant/market gains a following
• Science camp creates lots of big reactions
• 911 service sees benefits of bond funds
• Shopping in other states might become less taxing
• Stocks soar after another oil drop
• 3 ways to find freelance work
• Whole Foods, Wild Oats union in doubt

SPORTS

• A swim meet with no walls, no limits
• Black Butte Ranch: Glaze Meadow
• Brush the grass for better pitch shots
• Elks take easy win over Moses Lake
• Federer scores first-round win in Cincinnati
• Golf Scoreboard
• Golf Week
• Iraqi team no longer banned at Olympics
• Judge sentences NBA referee to 15 months
• Kidd brings a gem to Central Oregon
• NASCAR apologizes for Indy tire fiasco
• NHL’s top draft pick signs with Lightning
• No-hitter falls short for Angels
• On the Air
• Reinstatement letter sent by Favre to NFL
• Russian breaks own pole vault record
• Scoreboard
• Summer activities for children
• Tradition looking for more volunteers
• U.S. club falls in court fight for America’s Cup
• Youth flag football registration slated

OBITS

• Michael Daly was awarded the Medal of Honor in ’45
• Record producer Michael Berniker won 9 Grammys

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Clemmie Lee Kitchen-Anderson
• Death Notices
• Leah (Sabo) Isham

NATION & WORLD

• Alzheimer’s drug slows decline, study shows
• CIA confronts Pakistan with intel on its links with violent militants
• Guantanamo prosecution wants another witness
• Historic WTO deal collapses
• HIV in black Americans is called an epidemic
• Iraqi army seeks out insurgents in Diyala province; U.S. forces assist
• Iraqi team no longer banned at Olympics
• Jimmy Hoffa disappears in 1975
• L.A. bans new fast-food joints from poor areas
• McCain backs off his no-new-tax pledge
• Medicare proposal may close 3 clinics
• Obama wants review of executive orders
• Part of oxygen bottle exploded on Qantas jet, investigator says
• 5.4 quake the strongest in years for L.A. region
• Sen. Stevens indicted in corruption probe
• Small research center with a global window
• Still a baby
• Though widely available, green power programs not a hit with consumers
• Voter surge likely to be a challenge for states in November
• WWII veteran dies just hours after the Army apologizes

FEATURES

• Delta raises bag fee
• Deschutes woman files $6.65M suit over injected birth control
• Medicare proposal may close 3 clinics
• People On the Move

ENTERTAINMENT

• American dream gets an extreme makeover
• Calendar
• George Carlin was laughing to the end
• Jerry Lewis caught with gun at airport
• Kelsey Grammer checks into hospital
• Kids learn life lessons in raising pigs for the fair
• LaBeouf not at fault in wreck, authorities say
• No, it's not a roundabout
• Summer activities for children

OPINION

• A true classic
• Data center’s failures
• Growing Bend right
• Head Start benefits
• Requirements for license are worth it
• The biggest issue of the campaign is education

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Bus commuters lose Bend-La Pine service